Speeches by McDonnell.

“On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am sorry to disturb the debate in this way. I have tried to follow it as much as possible while I have been in and out of the Chamber with other duties. A manuscript amendment has been agreed, with, I take it, cross-party agreement. People will be making up their minds on ho…”

“I think that we are all going to be saying much the same thing. My hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool North and Fleetwood (Lorraine Beavers) set out a comprehensive understanding of the situation at the moment. My latest contact has been from a Border Force guard who was planning his retirement but cannot get the inf…”

“Maybe the Ministers at the time did not see Capita’s Army recruitment fiasco, its primary care fiasco that put patients at risk, the near-collapse of the teachers’ pension scheme or the cyber-attack in which Capita exposed the data of 6.5 million people and was fined millions. Does the hon. Member not think that Minist…”

“On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am really grateful for the intervention from the right hon. and learned Member for Kenilworth and Southam (Sir Jeremy Wright). I just want the assurance that the Government will not be able to exercise a veto over the information that will be provided via the Committee.”

“He is not giving way because he will not admit responsibility.”

“I am pleased that I have sat through the whole debate today. The speeches I have heard from Members on the Government Benches have been incredibly eloquent and moving, and I am really pleased that we are where we are now in scrapping the two-child limit. I have listened to the speeches by Opposition Members. Looking ba…”

“Through you, Sir Edward, may I address the Minister? Just read the room. The only other times it has been as packed as this when I have been here in recent times have been for debates on the two-child limit and on welfare benefits. I do not want to see our Government make another embarrassing U-turn like that. The reas…”

“I would rather not, because other people need to come in. Let me just make a point about parliamentary process. If this is to be done not through primary legislation that we can debate and amend, but via a statutory instrument, it needs to be done under the double affirmative process, so that we can have a debate and t…”

“On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. This is an extremely significant matter to announce on a Thursday, when the House is usually light in attendance, with limited notice, and with a very detailed document having been lodged in the House of Commons Library. Through your offices, and through liaison with those on …”

“We will go through an educative experience of explaining what interest rate swaps are, because it is complex. The complexity means that you can understand how the borrowers—the SMEs—have got into this situation when they did not have the liabilities properly explained. That is one of the issues we have raised, and I th…”

“I think it would have to be the Treasury at the end of the day.”

“We are under quite a bit of pressure at the moment. Part of it is because of the frustrations of individuals. I am worried about the impact on a number of Members’ constituents. We want to try to give them some hope that people are addressing this. As you may know, we held one of our meetings here and it was packed out…”

“We will be explicit, as we have been in past debates. The Chair ensured that when he was chair of the all-party group. We will be explicit on that and we will liaise with the Clerk and the Speaker’s Office to ensure that we set the parameters early on in the debate.”

“I am happy to accommodate your own demands on your time and your availability. We just want the debate itself. In my view, having the debate and just getting it out there will have the impact.”

“Thank you for the invitation. On the advice of the Clerk, we have slightly amended the title to “The ongoing issue of hidden credit lines and their adverse consequences to thousands of UK businesses”. We thought that would be less abrasive and more encompassing. Let me declare an interest: I chair the all-party parliam…”

“That is fine. That covers everything we want to debate. I think we got a bit excited in our original design of the title. Q3             Mary Glindon: I am glad you like that. Was the motion that you originally provided—the one you got excited about—intended t…”

“It is almost heartbreaking to witness this happening. It is pure sophistry to say that the Government do not have a role or that they have no locus. The Government appointed the commissioners, who report to them. I appeal to the Minister: simply get people in the same room, because a deal is available.”

“Will the Minister give way?”

“Labour Members fully agree with the Minister on that point, certainly. I refer to my registered interest as a member of Unite. As time is limited, will the Minister address the key question that several Members have put to her? The Government have a specific, special role in this matter. It is not like other disputes b…”

“My hon. Friend very eloquently makes the point for me. It is also about local radio, on which a lot of our constituents rely. They cannot rely on social media. If Members want to see the independence of social media, they should look at my Twitter account. The abuse levels are unbelievable—and that is just my constitue…”